Video Blips: Uncharted 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, and The Last Story
Nathan Drake's tendency to instigate mayhem wherever he goes may not bode well if he decides to start selling real estate, but it sure...
Y Combinator-backed Humble Bundle sells $1.8M worth of indie games
The second Humble Indie Bundle, a batch of games that players can purchase for whatever amount they want to pay, has raked in a...
Real Life Plus’s social game makes fashion into a battle (exclusive)
Sometimes crazy ideas for video games turn out to be hits. That must be the logic behind Real Life Plus, a startup game studio...
FarmVille co-creator working on stealthy startup BetterWorks
Is your job about to get a lot more addictive? Maybe — Sizhao Yang, one of the original team members behind insanely popular Facebook...
Viacom ditches Rock Band, Dance Central after selling off music game developer Harmonix
When Viacom decided to sell music game developer Harmonix, it was a pretty good indication that it didn’t think Harmonix was doing a good...
Merry Christmas, Zynga: CityVille eclipses FarmVille as the world’s biggest game
In just 22 days, Zynga‘s CityVille has eclipsed FarmVille as the world’s biggest game. Today, CityVille added an astounding 6.9 users to end the...
When Tesla’s lockup expires Monday, will its stock drop? Short sellers think so
updated Tesla’s IPO has been one a few super-successful cleantech public offerings this year, if not the most successful. But will the good news continue...
Viacom won’t get fooled again, drops Rock Band developer as music game sales falter
Music game developer Harmonix might have started the fire for the music game industry. But it’s stopped burning, leading Viacom to sell the critically...
In danger of being an also-ran, Atari names a new CEO
Atari has named a new chief executive today, promoting Jim Wilson from within to the top job as part of a plan to resuscitate...
Linden Lab gets second new CEO of the year for Second Life
Linden Lab, creator of the Second Life virtual world, has hired Rod Humble as its new chief executive. Humble is a veteran of Electronic...